George Karl has been reluctant to play Willie-Cauley Stein consistently, especially since he is so versatile on defense.

Karl addressed Cauley-Stein’s inconsistent minutes after the loss to the Cavaliers.

“My whole feeling is, don’t overreact to the last three or four games,” Karl said. “One, I think was matchup, two, I think was just the personality of the game. Willie’s going to be fine, he’s going to get plenty of minutes over these next 20 games.”

Cauley-Stein responded to the comments.

“That’s funny, that’s funny, kind of flimsy, cus’ I can guard five positions, so that’s redundant otherwise I wouldn’t be here,” Cauley-Stein said. “There should be no matchup problems ever. So that’s just an excuse I think. However, I’m not the coach.”